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Chip with an eye
Chargers have no limits! Sometimes, their methods are not far from espionage tricks.
This story happened in one of the most legendary Moscow casinos "Metelitsa". Then, three resourceful friends decided to hit the big jackpot by playing blackjack. Having studied the casino, they bought a stack of several chips, in which they disguised a micro camera!//It's 2022 now, I also have a micro camera and I know how hard it is to disguise it. The fact is that in addition to the camera, it has a cable and a large signal transmitter. The story itself took place around the 2000s, and how they managed to hide the camera in a pile of ten chips remains a mystery to me...//
And on the day "X", the player and his two accomplices moved to Broom. The main character quickly occupied the gaming table and placed spy chips in such a way that it would be clear from this angle which cards the dealer receives. Two other comrades sat in a van in the casino parking lot and told the player through the micro-earphone when to take or fold cards. And so, hour after hour, the total winnings exceeded $150,000!//As for me, the amount is not small, and it would be necessary to dump from there// But as they say, "the greed of the fraer ruined", and the fun fairy tale came to an end . Soon the pit boss became interested in the game, and the scheme was revealed. Unfortunately, I do not know how the story ended, but the casino does not like being fooled. Most likely, the winnings were canceled, and the participants in the scam received a blacklist in all casinos in the capital.
But the design is just brilliant. If it were not for greed, they would have earned themselves a comfortable life...
Chargers have no limits! Sometimes, their methods are not far from espionage tricks.
This story happened in one of the most legendary Moscow casinos "Metelitsa". Then, three resourceful friends decided to hit the big jackpot by playing blackjack. Having studied the casino, they bought a stack of several chips, in which they disguised a micro camera!//It's 2022 now, I also have a micro camera and I know how hard it is to disguise it. The fact is that in addition to the camera, it has a cable and a large signal transmitter. The story itself took place around the 2000s, and how they managed to hide the camera in a pile of ten chips remains a mystery to me...//
And on the day "X", the player and his two accomplices moved to Broom. The main character quickly occupied the gaming table and placed spy chips in such a way that it would be clear from this angle which cards the dealer receives. Two other comrades sat in a van in the casino parking lot and told the player through the micro-earphone when to take or fold cards. And so, hour after hour, the total winnings exceeded $150,000!//As for me, the amount is not small, and it would be necessary to dump from there// But as they say, "the greed of the fraer ruined", and the fun fairy tale came to an end . Soon the pit boss became interested in the game, and the scheme was revealed. Unfortunately, I do not know how the story ended, but the casino does not like being fooled. Most likely, the winnings were canceled, and the participants in the scam received a blacklist in all casinos in the capital.
But the design is just brilliant. If it were not for greed, they would have earned themselves a comfortable life...
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May mean to take or not to take a card
And I didn’t understand how you can spy on the dealer’s cards.
That's what I meant. And then they didn’t use the shoe). By the way, there was a similar story from foreign swindlers. But in that scheme, two people were sitting at the table. One of them had a camera in his sleeve. Apparently he was sitting somewhere on the side and picked up a good angle (on the resource where I read about this story, it was also indicated that the shoe began to be used after the scam was discovered)
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Uh... The story is about poker vs casino. Like there "Russian poker" or "oasis poker". Not about blackjack. There is no point in bothering like that in blackjack. And shoes in blackjack have been used for a long time and came to the Russian Federation along with the game in 1989.
But spying on the cards of the croupier in poker (which is clearly stated in the article - by the way, where is the source?) - this is a plus cheating that has been used and, perhaps, is still used all over the world.
The camera can be built into a lighter, and into a pack of cigarettes, and into anything, that the MAIN thing is on the table! When the casinos figured out this topic, they banned everything on the table... except... CHIPS! Well, how to forbid chips to hold? It was then that a way was invented to hide the camera in a type of stack (stack) of chips. But, of course, not the chips themselves. A plastic layout was made, resembling a stack, maybe one real chip was glued on top, ONLY the illusion was created that these were all real chips. And that's how the camera worked. When this topic was also explored, another one appeared ... I won’t say which one. You never know...
Z.Y. Cool blog, write more if we fix something. Gee-gee.
But spying on the cards of the croupier in poker (which is clearly stated in the article - by the way, where is the source?) - this is a plus cheating that has been used and, perhaps, is still used all over the world.
The camera can be built into a lighter, and into a pack of cigarettes, and into anything, that the MAIN thing is on the table! When the casinos figured out this topic, they banned everything on the table... except... CHIPS! Well, how to forbid chips to hold? It was then that a way was invented to hide the camera in a type of stack (stack) of chips. But, of course, not the chips themselves. A plastic layout was made, resembling a stack, maybe one real chip was glued on top, ONLY the illusion was created that these were all real chips. And that's how the camera worked. When this topic was also explored, another one appeared ... I won’t say which one. You never know...
Z.Y. Cool blog, write more if we fix something. Gee-gee.
Casino"North"
As everyone knows, since 2009, offline casino activity in Russia has become illegal//Do not take into account gambling zones//. Therefore, a real war broke out between law enforcement agencies and organizers of underground casinos. Hundreds of illegal establishments have been “closed” in the capital alone for all the time//And how many of them are working now??? I think a hundred will definitely be typed//. So in 2018, FSB officers covered a network of 15 underground casinos organized by Anton Bazhanov.
With his punishment, everything is not so clear, since there is little information on the Internet, and as I understand it, he is still under house arrest. But the story is not about this mysterious man, but about the lack of a mysterious casino! Using breadcrumbs, the operatives came to the doors of the DPRK embassy, which, according to witnesses, houses a luxurious casino of the highest level. Back in 2011, the Russian Foreign Ministry received information about a casino on the territory of the embassy, but then the Koreans denied the accusations. This time, the story was also quickly hushed up, since the invasion of the territory of the embassy is equal to the invasion of another country! Although it is located in Moscow.
The story did not receive any continuation, the OMON and FSB officers could not get into this casino, and the Russian Foreign Ministry again sent a claim, to which the Koreans replied “We don’t have any casino, goodbye.” But there are different rumors among diplomats, and the casino even has its own unofficial names “North” and “Embassy”// As for me, it’s brilliant to build a VIP casino in such a protected place. And this is the merit of our compatriot Bazhanov, who, so far, has even managed to avoid prison!//.
As everyone knows, since 2009, offline casino activity in Russia has become illegal//Do not take into account gambling zones//. Therefore, a real war broke out between law enforcement agencies and organizers of underground casinos. Hundreds of illegal establishments have been “closed” in the capital alone for all the time//And how many of them are working now??? I think a hundred will definitely be typed//. So in 2018, FSB officers covered a network of 15 underground casinos organized by Anton Bazhanov.
With his punishment, everything is not so clear, since there is little information on the Internet, and as I understand it, he is still under house arrest. But the story is not about this mysterious man, but about the lack of a mysterious casino! Using breadcrumbs, the operatives came to the doors of the DPRK embassy, which, according to witnesses, houses a luxurious casino of the highest level. Back in 2011, the Russian Foreign Ministry received information about a casino on the territory of the embassy, but then the Koreans denied the accusations. This time, the story was also quickly hushed up, since the invasion of the territory of the embassy is equal to the invasion of another country! Although it is located in Moscow.
The story did not receive any continuation, the OMON and FSB officers could not get into this casino, and the Russian Foreign Ministry again sent a claim, to which the Koreans replied “We don’t have any casino, goodbye.” But there are different rumors among diplomats, and the casino even has its own unofficial names “North” and “Embassy”// As for me, it’s brilliant to build a VIP casino in such a protected place. And this is the merit of our compatriot Bazhanov, who, so far, has even managed to avoid prison!//.
Drunken lucky man who won millions of dollars
I think this story is known to many forum visitors, but it would be stupid not to mention it in my blog!
Richard Marcus' approach to scams is unique compared to other famous scammers. At the very least, his coolness lies in the fact that his schemes are extremely simple and for them they could not put him in jail.
He wrote about one such tactic in his book American Roulette. Marcus was a real actor, he perfectly managed to get used to the role of a tipsy player, which helped him avoid unnecessary conflicts from confused croupiers.
So the main character sat down at the roulette table, and immediately put a stack of small chips for five bucks. If this is not the task, his bet did not play, then he, like a true drunken brawler, removed the chips from the table. In this case, the croupier either simply did not contact the drunk person and let him go, or demanded the chips back, and the swindler, fooling around with a simpleton, returned them back and went to another casino until he was lucky.//If you're wondering why such a performance for the lost 40 bucks? The answer will be during an equally interesting victory//
And here he again makes a bet, and it is miraculously winning! Then Marcus starts screaming with happiness, attracting more and more attention from the casino visitors. The croupier at this moment is at a loss with the thought "Why is this eccentric so happy about winning a small bet?". And then the swindler pulls out from under the five-dollar chips one, the coveted chip of a large denomination of $ 5,000, which he hid with sleight of hand chips of a small denomination.//All this in order to quickly grab all the chips in case of a loss, and save the big one in time, sacrificing only the small ones//
In five years of using this scheme, he and his partners have earned more than five MILLION dollars! And for all this time, no one could figure out the trick. A little later, Marcus stopped doing fraud and started writing novels in which he revealed his schemes, including this one.
I think this story is known to many forum visitors, but it would be stupid not to mention it in my blog!
Richard Marcus' approach to scams is unique compared to other famous scammers. At the very least, his coolness lies in the fact that his schemes are extremely simple and for them they could not put him in jail.
He wrote about one such tactic in his book American Roulette. Marcus was a real actor, he perfectly managed to get used to the role of a tipsy player, which helped him avoid unnecessary conflicts from confused croupiers.
So the main character sat down at the roulette table, and immediately put a stack of small chips for five bucks. If this is not the task, his bet did not play, then he, like a true drunken brawler, removed the chips from the table. In this case, the croupier either simply did not contact the drunk person and let him go, or demanded the chips back, and the swindler, fooling around with a simpleton, returned them back and went to another casino until he was lucky.//If you're wondering why such a performance for the lost 40 bucks? The answer will be during an equally interesting victory//
And here he again makes a bet, and it is miraculously winning! Then Marcus starts screaming with happiness, attracting more and more attention from the casino visitors. The croupier at this moment is at a loss with the thought "Why is this eccentric so happy about winning a small bet?". And then the swindler pulls out from under the five-dollar chips one, the coveted chip of a large denomination of $ 5,000, which he hid with sleight of hand chips of a small denomination.//All this in order to quickly grab all the chips in case of a loss, and save the big one in time, sacrificing only the small ones//
In five years of using this scheme, he and his partners have earned more than five MILLION dollars! And for all this time, no one could figure out the trick. A little later, Marcus stopped doing fraud and started writing novels in which he revealed his schemes, including this one.
Thanks for the tour!
In Russia, such fraud was also used, yes. Very elegant. I did not know that he had an official ancestor, who even wrote a book about it. I should read it, maybe there is something else interesting there... ;-)
This scam even has a name "Savannah". That was the name of Marcus's favorite stripper, looking at which he came up with the idea of pretending to be drunk and hiding the chip.
An equally cool scam is that he didn't go to jail for all these tricks.
Became a writer, writes books.
It seems to be an expert on casino security!
All smart scammers in the future are consultants and respected people
Became a writer, writes books.
It seems to be an expert on casino security!
All smart scammers in the future are consultants and respected people
There is another version of why the investigation team in this case disowned the secret casino.
The territory of the embassy is sovereign and the laws of the country it represents apply to it.
That's why they do what they want.
But I immediately have a question... this is the embassy of North Korea, but are casinos allowed there???
And how many tourists visit North Korea))))
Moreover, not everyone will go to play in a casino.
That's the answer why they opened a casino in Moscow at the embassy.
It's easier to get there than to their fairyland
As far as I know, Russians can easily visit North Korea as part of organized groups. I will also assume that the Japanese and even representatives of South Korea. And there seems to be a casino on the border with the latter - tourists are also taken there to stare at the South through the eyes of the North. My dream is to get to North Korea and make a report. Later.
As for the casino "North", then yes, everything is so. And Bazhanov is still sitting at home and is still engaged in gambling (I won’t say about the underground, but in Belarus he has a couple of casinos). I myself briefly knew him in the 00s, when he published the magazine "Gambling Business"...
As for the casino "North", then yes, everything is so. And Bazhanov is still sitting at home and is still engaged in gambling (I won’t say about the underground, but in Belarus he has a couple of casinos). I myself briefly knew him in the 00s, when he published the magazine "Gambling Business"...
Kazakh game
Kazakh casino is like a separate kind of absurdity. At one point, the state develops this area, and then it can drastically introduce the most severe tax. So in 2017, the tax was increased by 2-3 times, after which about half of gambling establishments and bookmakers were forced to close and go underground.//I wonder why the government took such a stupid step? After all, they only achieved deprivation of income, while spawning underground//
State employees of Kazakhstan are forbidden to play in the casino, but this ban did not bother 305 employees of financial monitoring, who managed to lose more than 1 million dollars during their service! Of course, this story received a huge response, and now the AFM is conducting an internal audit. //just a second, 1 lyam green is $3k lost per employee. Apparently, the guys earn not badly//
The employees of the Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan managed to distinguish themselves. They conducted an investigation against three employees, and revealed that one of them did visit the casino, but "for official purposes."//I wonder what kind of goal it is if he also lost a very large sum//. In short, no one played in the casino, but the annual budget of the city of Pavlodar was lost.
Now underground casinos are closed every week. But instead of one “covered” one, two new ones immediately appear, so the employees have a lot of work. So at first they chase underground casinos for half a day, and in the evening they take off their uniforms and go to spend tenge themselves). Kazakhs are the most amazing people!
Kazakh casino is like a separate kind of absurdity. At one point, the state develops this area, and then it can drastically introduce the most severe tax. So in 2017, the tax was increased by 2-3 times, after which about half of gambling establishments and bookmakers were forced to close and go underground.//I wonder why the government took such a stupid step? After all, they only achieved deprivation of income, while spawning underground//
State employees of Kazakhstan are forbidden to play in the casino, but this ban did not bother 305 employees of financial monitoring, who managed to lose more than 1 million dollars during their service! Of course, this story received a huge response, and now the AFM is conducting an internal audit. //just a second, 1 lyam green is $3k lost per employee. Apparently, the guys earn not badly//
The employees of the Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan managed to distinguish themselves. They conducted an investigation against three employees, and revealed that one of them did visit the casino, but "for official purposes."//I wonder what kind of goal it is if he also lost a very large sum
Now underground casinos are closed every week. But instead of one “covered” one, two new ones immediately appear, so the employees have a lot of work. So at first they chase underground casinos for half a day, and in the evening they take off their uniforms and go to spend tenge themselves). Kazakhs are the most amazing people!
Casino survives as best it can in Kazakhstan))
Perhaps because of such taxes, they come up with different schemes.
Tax evasion, for example.
And in the halls of slot machines, a discrepancy is revealed with the mandatory percentage of winnings for customers, which, according to paragraph 6 of article 12 of the law "On the gambling business", should be at least 95%, that is, the institution should have received no more than 5%.
In fact, the winning percentage of visitors was only 25%, 30% and 51%.
When such violations are detected, casinos are held accountable and their licenses are revoked.
It’s also weird, they organize online casinos in slot machine halls, the activities of which are prohibited in the country
Perhaps because of such taxes, they come up with different schemes.
Tax evasion, for example.
And in the halls of slot machines, a discrepancy is revealed with the mandatory percentage of winnings for customers, which, according to paragraph 6 of article 12 of the law "On the gambling business", should be at least 95%, that is, the institution should have received no more than 5%.
In fact, the winning percentage of visitors was only 25%, 30% and 51%.
When such violations are detected, casinos are held accountable and their licenses are revoked.
It’s also weird, they organize online casinos in slot machine halls, the activities of which are prohibited in the country
Well, Altyn Alma City casinos started paying $363k instead of $170k per month. The casino immediately started having problems, and they could not even pay the salaries of their employees, after which a violent protest began. As a result, the casino was closed and put up for sale